http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/29/atlanta-nightlife-is-dead/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/29/atlanta-nightlife-is-dead/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:05:34 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11672 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/29/atlanta-nightlife-is-dead/feed/ 2 That's what the AJC claims in a story posted today, quoting officials in the "hospitality industry." But what about the rest of us? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/08/add-it-up-living-large/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/08/add-it-up-living-large/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:46:49 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7046 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/08/add-it-up-living-large/feed/ 0 Buckhead's opulence — and Atlanta's debt — grows http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/buckhead-librarys-fate-decided-tomorrow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/buckhead-librarys-fate-decided-tomorrow/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:33:32 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/buckhead-librarys-fate-decided-tomorrow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/buckhead-librarys-fate-decided-tomorrow/feed/ 0 The Fulton County Board of Commissioners will decide tomorrow morning at 10 to accept or decline developer Ben Carter’s $24 million offer to buy the library, demolish it, and incorporate the land into his fancy Streets of Buckhead development. The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library system rejected Carter’s offer on February 27, but the county commission has the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:51 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/feed/ 0 The blog Save The Library! reports the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System board has rejected developer Ben Carter’s offer to buy the Buckhead Library. Carter reportedly planned to demolish the library and incorporate its two-acre site into The Streets of Buckhead, his company’s $1.2 billion mixed-use luxury development scheduled to open next year. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/30/surf-n-turf-buckhead-style/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/30/surf-n-turf-buckhead-style/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:16:39 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/30/surf-n-turf-buckhead-style/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/30/surf-n-turf-buckhead-style/feed/ 0 Before they met this afternoon to discuss the city’s budget crisis, Mayor Shirley Franklin and a large number of City Council members lunched with the Buckhead Coalition at its 19th annual meeting. The main course at 103 West was filet mignon and salmon, and most of the city’s upper-crust business leaders were in attendance. Also working [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/plan-your-commute-accordingly-if-youre-heading-to-buckhead-this-weekend/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/plan-your-commute-accordingly-if-youre-heading-to-buckhead-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:09:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/plan-your-commute-accordingly-if-youre-heading-to-buckhead-this-weekend/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/plan-your-commute-accordingly-if-youre-heading-to-buckhead-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Just a friendly heads-up if you’re planning to head to Lenox or Phipps to do a little Christmas shopping on Saturday. The city’s Department of Watershed Management is conducting some sewer rehab work from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. at the intersection of Roswell, Peachtree and West Paces Ferry roads. Here’s the info, courtesy of DWM spokeswoman [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/29/soapbox-buckhead-west-village-and-its-nightlife/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/29/soapbox-buckhead-west-village-and-its-nightlife/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:54:55 +0000 Soapbox Editor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/29/soapbox-buckhead-west-village-and-its-nightlife/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/29/soapbox-buckhead-west-village-and-its-nightlife/feed/ 4 By Sam Massell Much has been written about the “Village” in Buckhead, an area of about six blocks on the east side of Peachtree at Paces Ferry. It was the center of commerce for this community before Buckhead was incorporated into the city limits of Atlanta. In the 1980s, it became the city’s nightclub [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/26/madmen-across-the-water-steal-atlantas-art/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/26/madmen-across-the-water-steal-atlantas-art/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:13:33 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/26/madmen-across-the-water-steal-atlantas-art/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/26/madmen-across-the-water-steal-atlantas-art/feed/ 0 A Nan Goldin photograph owned by Buckhead singer Sir Elton John was taken from a Tyneside, England, gallery by British cops who believe the image violates British child pornography laws. The photo depicts two naked girls, one of whom is seated, with her legs apart. Goldin is known for her snapshot-style depictions of intimate, personal, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/23/roxy-will-be-renovated-no-more-rock-acts/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/23/roxy-will-be-renovated-no-more-rock-acts/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:22:31 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/23/roxy-will-be-renovated-no-more-rock-acts/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/23/roxy-will-be-renovated-no-more-rock-acts/feed/ 2 Buckhead’s Roxy Theatre will receive an $8 million makeover to replace its well-worn carpet and dilapidated, bare-floored auditorium with a posh lobby and new concert hall, complete with balconies and box seats. That’s the good news. The bad news – at least for rock fans – is that, after its grand reopening, the Roswell Road venue [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/05/atlanta-murder-case-on-48-hours-saturday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/05/atlanta-murder-case-on-48-hours-saturday/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:27:25 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/05/atlanta-murder-case-on-48-hours-saturday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/05/atlanta-murder-case-on-48-hours-saturday/feed/ 5 There’s a rule in homicide: Most victims put themselves in the position to be killed. They’re involved with the drug trade. They cross a criminal. They’re cheating on someone or stealing from someone or stepping into a situation where they’re over their head. It’s rare that a murder involves an honest-to-god innocent victim. But [...]